The National University of Ostroh Academy is the successor of Ostroh Slavic, Greek and Latin Academy, the first higher educational establishment of the Eastern Slavs.

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The National University of Ostroh Academy receive the status of autonomous research national higher educational establishment.

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Ostroh Academy University library which provides the resources for research and educational purposes, the access to the electronic catalogue of the library and foreign library networks.

Teaching and research in the National University of Ostroh Academy is organised by Faculties and Institutes. There are two Faculties and three Educational and Scientific Institutes offering sixteen prestigious specialities.

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Ostroh Academy abounds with the projects which welcome the students willing to actively participate, reveal their creative potential and realize their selves.

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Department of Language Mediation

Administration

Head of the Department: Tetiana I. Musiichuk, Cand. Sc. (Philology), senior lecture

Contact Information: administrative building, Department of Language Mediation
e-mail: tetiana.musiichuk@oa.edu.ua
Office hours: Monday - Friday: 09.00 a.m. – 3.00 p.m., lunch break: 12.30 p.m. - 1.30 p. m.

Senior Assistant: Svitlana S. Kozhenevska
Contact Information: administrative building, Department of Language Mediation
e-mail of the Indo-European Languages Section: kafedra.iem@oa.edu.ua
Office hours: Monday - Friday: 8.30 a.m. - 4.45 p.m.

Senior Assistant: Tetiana V. Yakovchuk
Contact Information: administrative building, Department of Language Mediation
e-mail of the Intercultural Communication Section: kafedra.mmk@oa.edu.ua
Office hours: Monday - Friday: 8.30 a.m. - 4.45 p.m.

General Information about the Department

The Department of Language Mediation was established on September 1, 2023, by the decision of the Academic Council of the National University of "Ostroh Academy."

The department operates according to annual educational and research activities plans approved following the Institute's strategic plan.

Professors of the Department are engaged in the development of modern educational-methodical complexes and the development and updating of tests and examination tasks. Alongside traditional methods, innovative and interactive learning technologies are actively used.

Structure of the Department of Language Mediation

The Department of Language Mediation operates through: Indo-European Languages and Intercultural Communication Sections.

Indo-European Languages Section

The section is the legal successor of the Department of Indo-European Languages, which was established on April 8, 2005, by the decision of the Academic Council of the National University of "Ostroh Academy." The section aims to educate specialists with practical and theoretical knowledge, high professional qualifications, abilities, and French, German, Polish, and Spanish skills at the Educational and Research Institute of Linguistics and other university institutes.

Research Activities of the Indo-European Languages Section

The research topic of the section is "Applied Linguistic Research in the Context of Intercultural Communication," with the state registration number 0120U105118.

An integral part of the Indo-European Languages Section of the Department of Language Mediation is the Scientific and Practical Laboratory "Modern Technologies for Developing Foreign Language Communicative Competence" (Head: Inna V. Kovalchuk, Director of the Educational and Research Institute of Linguistics, Cand. Sc. (Psychology), Associate Professor).

The section conducts a monthly Scientific and Methodological Seminar titled "Innovative Methods for Teaching Foreign Languages". It annually hosts a Regional Scientific and Methodological Seminar for Polish language teachers on "Teaching Polish in Ukraine: Problems and Perspectives".

Every year, the section organises the International Scientific and Practical Conference "Applied Linguistic Research in the Context of Intercultural Communication" та International Scientific and Practical Internet Conference "Linguistic-Cognitive and Sociocultural Aspects of Communication". The conference materials are published in the collection titled "Scientific Notes of the National University of 'Ostroh Academy." Philology Series.

The section also engages student youth in scientific discussions within student research groups:

  • “Linguistic-Cognitive, Pragmatic, and Sociocultural Aspects of Communication" (Head: Associate Professor Kovalchuk I.V.)
  • “Structural-Semantic Features of Phraseological Units in Different Language Systems" (Head: Associate Professor Polishchuk V.L.)

Intercultural Communication Section

The Intercultural Communication Section is the legal successor of the Department of International Language Communication, which was established on April 8, 2005, by the decision of the Academic Council of the National University of "Ostroh Academy".

The work of the Intercultural Communication Section at the Department of Language Mediation is focused on teaching General English and English for Professional Communication to students of the Faculty of Economics, the Educational and Research Institute of Social and Humanitarian Management, and the Educational and Research Institute of International Relations and National Security at all levels of professional education (bachelor's and master's degrees). The lecturers work on developing and improving modern educational and methodological materials for the courses, applying traditional and innovative teaching methods and contemporary technologies to foster students' linguistic, speech, and communicative competencies necessary for confident and effective communication in everyday, academic, and business environments. The educational programmes are based on the objective of practical mastery of the English language. Students can learn in small groups according to their level of English proficiency, which promotes better material absorption and a comfortable learning atmosphere. English is taught using modern textbooks from well-known publishers (Pearson, National Geographic, Cambridge, and Oxford University Press), selected according to the field of study.

The educational work of the section is carried out following the Concept for Teaching English at the National University of "Ostroh Academy" developed taking into account modern requirements for teaching English to students of non-linguistic specialities, which requires the improvement of the use of the latest technologies and communication methods and is also an urgent public need for the training of competitive specialists in the labour market.

Research Activities of the Intercultural Communication Section

The research topic is "Specialised English for Non-Linguist Students in Higher Educational Institutions," with the state registration number 0120U105113. Its work aims to study and analyse the features and new approaches in the theory and practice of teaching English for professional purposes to non-language major students, to examine the needs of students and develop appropriate courses, to analyse the specifics of mastering and using specialised vocabulary, and to apply adapted and authentic resources as well as specialised forms and methods of teaching professional English to future specialists in non-language fields while fostering their foreign language communicative competence.

The section conducts a monthly educational and methodological seminar titled «New Trends in TESL» where lecturers share "novelties" in the field of teaching General and Professional English, discuss webinars and workshops conducted by native speaker instructors, as well as scientific research, thereby enhancing their professional development.